Question 1

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

Accepted Answer

A) It has columns with a base, shaft, and capital. 
B) The center columns are shorter than the side columns. 
C) The center columns are taller than the side columns. 
D) It has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base. 
E) The shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs. 
A) It has columns with a base, shaft, and capital. 
B) The center columns are shorter than the side columns. 
C) The center columns are taller than the side columns. 
D) It has columns with a shaft and capital, but no base. 
E) The shafts of its columns are covered with hieroglyphs.

Question 2

The conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art first occur about 3500 B.C.in the

Accepted Answer

A) Rosetta Stone. 
B) Standard of Heliopolis. 
C) Palette of Narmer. 
D) Stele of Ramses. 
A) Rosetta Stone. 
B) Standard of Heliopolis. 
C) Palette of Narmer. 
D) Stele of Ramses.

Question 3

Most pyramids were built by pharaohs in

Accepted Answer

A) Nubia. 
B) the Middle Kingdom. 
C) the Old Kingdom. 
D) the New Kingdom. 
A) Nubia. 
B) the Middle Kingdom. 
C) the Old Kingdom. 
D) the New Kingdom.

Question 4

Lady Senuwy was

Accepted Answer

A) a courtesan. 
B) a princess. 
C) a queen. 
D) a slave. 
E) a lady-in-waiting. 
A) a courtesan. 
B) a princess. 
C) a queen. 
D) a slave. 
E) a lady-in-waiting.

Question 5

Hatshepsut's greatest architectural achievement is

Accepted Answer

A) the temple at Karnak. 
B) the temple at Thebes. 
C) the temple at Amarna. 
D) the temple at Deir el-Bahri. 
E) the temple at Luxor. 
A) the temple at Karnak. 
B) the temple at Thebes. 
C) the temple at Amarna. 
D) the temple at Deir el-Bahri. 
E) the temple at Luxor.

Question 6

"Gift of the Nile" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) Hapy. 
B) Moses. 
C) Osiris. 
D) Egypt. 
E) Lake Victoria. 
A) Hapy. 
B) Moses. 
C) Osiris. 
D) Egypt. 
E) Lake Victoria.

Question 7

Canopic jars contain

Accepted Answer

A) preserved foods. 
B) preserved works of art. 
C) preserved items of clothing. 
D) preserved organs. 
E) preserved texts. 
A) preserved foods. 
B) preserved works of art. 
C) preserved items of clothing. 
D) preserved organs. 
E) preserved texts.

Question 8

The tip of an obelisk is called a

Accepted Answer

A) pylon. 
B) taper. 
C) benben. 
D) pyramidion. 
E) hypostyle. 
A) pylon. 
B) taper. 
C) benben. 
D) pyramidion. 
E) hypostyle.

Question 9

Styles under Akhenaten were more ________ than before his reign.

Accepted Answer

A) stylized 
B) hieratic 
C) conventional 
D) naturalistic 
E) religious 
A) stylized 
B) hieratic 
C) conventional 
D) naturalistic 
E) religious

Question 10

The forerunner of the Pyramid appears to be the

Accepted Answer

A) ziggurat. 
B) obelisk. 
C) mastaba. 
D) stone-cut temple. 
A) ziggurat. 
B) obelisk. 
C) mastaba. 
D) stone-cut temple.

Question 11

The world's longest river is

Accepted Answer

A) the River Jordan. 
B) the Tigris. 
C) the Nile. 
D) the Mississippi. 
E) the Amazon. 
A) the River Jordan. 
B) the Tigris. 
C) the Nile. 
D) the Mississippi. 
E) the Amazon.

Question 12

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

Accepted Answer

A) human forms. 
B) animal forms. 
C) plant forms. 
D) architectural forms. 
E) symbolic forms. 
A) human forms. 
B) animal forms. 
C) plant forms. 
D) architectural forms. 
E) symbolic forms.

Question 13

The ankh is a symbol of

Accepted Answer

A) god. 
B) life. 
C) happiness. 
D) immortality. 
E) death. 
A) god. 
B) life. 
C) happiness. 
D) immortality. 
E) death.

Question 14

An Egyptian scribe was

Accepted Answer

A) a slave. 
B) a scribbler. 
C) a well-educated person. 
D) an author of scripture. 
A) a slave. 
B) a scribbler. 
C) a well-educated person. 
D) an author of scripture.

Question 15

Akhenaten was a

Accepted Answer

A) polytheist. 
B) prince. 
C) monk. 
D) sun-worshipper. 
E) mason. 
A) polytheist. 
B) prince. 
C) monk. 
D) sun-worshipper. 
E) mason.

Question 16

The Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu is in

Accepted Answer

A) Karnak. 
B) Thebes. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Amarna. 
E) Luxor. 
A) Karnak. 
B) Thebes. 
C) Cairo. 
D) Amarna. 
E) Luxor.

Exam 3: Ancient Egypt

Which is not true of the hypostyle hall?

The conventions for representing the human figure that dominated Egyptian art first occur about 3500 B.C.in the

Most pyramids were built by pharaohs in

Lady Senuwy was

Hatshepsut's greatest architectural achievement is

"Gift of the Nile" refers to

Canopic jars contain

The tip of an obelisk is called a

Styles under Akhenaten were more ________ than before his reign.

The forerunner of the Pyramid appears to be the

The world's longest river is

The source of Egyptian column types is generally

The ankh is a symbol of

An Egyptian scribe was

Akhenaten was a

The Temple of Amon-Mut-Khonsu is in

The Art of Prehistory

The Ancient Near East

The Aegean

The Art of Ancient Greece

The Art of the Etruscans

Ancient Rome

Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

The Early Middle Ages

Romanesque Art

Gothic Art

Precursors of the Renaissance

The Early Renaissance

The High Renaissance in Italy

Mannerism and the Later Sixteenth Century in Italy

Sixteenth-Century Painting in Northern Europe

The Baroque Style in Western Europe

Rococo and the Eighteenth Century

Neoclassicism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Romanticism: The Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Nineteenth-Century Realism

Nineteenth-Century Impressionism

Post-Impressionism and the Late Nineteenth Century

Turn of the Century: Early Picasso, Fauvism, Expressionism, and Matisse

Cubism, Futurism, and Related Twentieth-Century Styles

Dada, Surrealism, Fantasy, and the United States Between the Wars

Mid-Century Abstraction

Pop Art, OP Art, Minimalism, and Conceptualism

Innovation, Continuity, and Globalization

Introduction

Filters